In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: batman-adv: fix error handling Syzbot reported ODEBUG warning in batadv_nc_mesh_free(). The problem was in wrong error handling in batadv_mesh_init(). Before this patch batadv_mesh_init() was calling batadv_mesh_free() in case of any batadv_*_init() calls failure. This approach may work well, when there is some kind of indicator, which can tell which parts of batadv are initialized; but there isn't any. All written above lead to cleaning up uninitialized fields. Even if we hide ODEBUG warning by initializing bat_priv->nc.work, syzbot was able to hit GPF in batadv_nc_purge_paths(), because hash pointer in still NULL. [1] To fix these bugs we can unwind batadv_*_init() calls one by one. It is good approach for 2 reasons: 1) It fixes bugs on error handling path 2) It improves the performance, since we won't call unneeded batadv_*_free() functions. So, this patch makes all batadv_*_init() clean up all allocated memory before returning with an error to no call correspoing batadv_*_free() and open-codes batadv_mesh_free() with proper order to avoid touching uninitialized fields.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-47482 is rated Low Risk (32.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-11-21 | 1.01% | 0.14% | -0.87% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 0.08% | 1.01% | +0.93% |
| 3 | 2025-06-30 | — | 0.08% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 5.3 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.6 | 3.6 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2021-47482 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47482 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47482 |
suse
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low | CVE-2021-47482 severity low: SUSE including 445 source package names (15.5.17.2:kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.68.1, 15.5.17.2:kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.68.1, …), 956 product×package rows across 209 product lines (Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2, … (209 product lines)): Fixed 700, Known Affected 205, Known Not Affected 51. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47482/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2021-47482 medium priority: Ubuntu including 160 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1686 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1267, not-affected 147, released 140, ignored 128, needed 4. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47482 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.38, < 4.4.293 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.5, < 4.9.289 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.10, < 4.14.254 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.15, < 4.19.215 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.20, < 5.4.157 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.5, < 5.10.77 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.14.16 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |